NEW YORK (AP) — Top Boston Red Sox third base prospect Michael Chavis was suspended for 80 games under baseball's minor league drug program after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
Chavis was selected with the 26th overall pick in the 2014 amateur draft and signed for a bonus of $1,870,500. He tested positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a steroid used by many East German athletes that no longer is sold commercially.
"Over the past several months, I have been searching for an answer as to how a prohibited substance I have never heard of, DHMCT, was detected in my urine during the offseason," Chavis said in a statement.